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Errata for Chapter 15: Asynchrony with async/await

P473, section 15.3.2: Typo around Task<TResult>

The published text has (just after the list at the start of the section):

The difference between the two is essentially that Task<TResult> represents an operation that returns a value of type T [...]

The T should be TResult:

The difference between the two is essentially that Task<TResult> represents an operation that returns a value of type TResult [...]

P503, section 15.5.6: Last line of listing should be bold

The last line of the listing on page 502/503 has a comment of // Bold at the end. That was an instruction to make the line bold, rather than a normal C# comment, but unfortunately it wasn't picked up during layout.

P505, section 15.6.1: Note to production still present

In section 15.6.1, there's a note I left to the Manning production department:

// NOTE TO PRODUCTION: Please consult with Jon on formatting.
Do not abbreviate!

Obviously this shouldn't have appeared in the final copy. Sorry about that!

P511, section 15.6.2: Missing space

On page 511, just after listing 15.13, there's a sentence missing a space: